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Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

1.December 1969 / Rebecca

2.Day Two and Beyond: Waiting / Rebecca

3.Date with Destiny / Rebecca

4.Stunned and Numb / Rebecca

5.Stomaching the Diagnosis / Rebecca

6.The Mechanical Tyrant / Rebecca

7.Starting the Climb / Rebecca

8.Twenty Minutes of Torture / Rebecca

9.Gibberish / Rebecca

10.Pavlov’s Daughter / Rebecca

11.Hard Lessons / Rebecca

12.Gain and Loss / Rebecca

13.The Scarlet Letter / Rebecca

14.Blessings and Fellow Travelers / Rebecca

15.Terrible Twos / Rebecca

16.Miles and Moments / Rebecca

17.Respite and Renewal / Rebecca

18.On the Road Again / Rebecca

19.Ready, Aim … / Rebecca

20.Dreams and Reality / Rebecca

21.Pets and Playmates / Amy

22.Hearing in a Deaf World / Rebecca

23.Summer Workshop Times Two / Rebecca

24.Emptying the Nest / Rebecca

25.The Year with Few Memories / Rebecca

26.Residential Life in the Primary Dorm / Amy

27.Smooth Roads / Rebecca

28.Education, the Primary Years / Amy

29.Moving into Deaf Culture / Rebecca and Amy

30.Caution, Speed Bumps Ahead / Rebecca

31.Mainstreaming, Not for Me / Amy

32.The Decision / Rebecca

33.Deaf Child in a Hearing World / Amy

34.Tossed and Blown by Life / Rebecca

35.Middle School / Amy

36.Gaining Independence / Rebecca

37.Do You Sign? / Amy

38.Driving Miss Daisy Crazy / Rebecca and Amy

39.More Audism / Rebecca and Amy

40.Stateside Travel / Rebecca and Amy

41.Plans in Turmoil / Rebecca and Amy

42.Europe and Beyond / Rebecca and Amy

43.Making Memories, High School / Amy

44.Last Chances / Rebecca

45.The Big Question / Rebecca and Amy

46.Graduation and College Bound / Rebecca and Amy

47.Gallaudet, New Horizons / Amy

48.No Choice, Mainstreamed in 1994 / Amy

49.Deaf in the Hearing World / Amy

50.Deaf or deaf, Does It Matter? / Amy

51.Adapting to Live in Two Worlds: Hearing and Deaf / Amy

52.My Eyes Are My Ears / Amy

53.Concluding Thoughts / Amy and Rebecca